{"id":80738,"date":"2023-04-28T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/?p=80738"},"modified":"2023-05-09T17:55:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T15:55:30","slug":"book-project-the-realities-of-autonomous-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/book-project-the-realities-of-autonomous-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Project: The realities of autonomous weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Das Alexander von Humboldt Institut f\u00fcr Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG) und das <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itas.kit.edu\/english\/index.php\">Karlsruher Institut f\u00fcr Technologie<\/a> legen ein Augenmerk auf das komplexe Themenfeld der autonomen Waffensysteme. Das gemeinsame Publikationsprojekt untersucht unterschiedliche Imaginationen, Fakten und Fiktionen und macht die ganze Tragweite dieser umstrittenen Technologie sichtbar. Das Buch erscheint Ende 2024 bei Bristol University Press.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development of \u201cAutonomous Weapon Systems\u201d (AWS) has been subject to controversial discussions for years. Political representatives and leaders, civil society, journalists, NGOs and the academia are discussing their ethical, social and political implications. Many are calling for strict regulation, even a global ban.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surprisingly, it often remains unclear which technologies the term AWS means and what these weapons are capable of. It can refer to drones, flight carriers, robot soldiers or cyber weapons. Ideas on their functionality and consequences are inspired and shaped by imaginaries on military and technological futures. They include geopolitical scenarios, ethical questions, national policies, science fiction or war games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this book project we are exploring this hybrid space which creates different realities of its own. Autonomous weapons can only be understood in this constant and complex dynamic between the actual technological developments and the potentials that are associated with them. It is this uncertainty, in which reality, imagination, possibility and fiction get conflated \u2013 and the full scope of this controversial technology becomes visible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authors across the globe with various backgrounds share their particular views on AWS. Topics include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Narratives and imaginations of weaponised artificial intelligence in India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Techno-religious imaginaries of the first Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The public discourses on autonomous weapons in Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Autonomous weapons in fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The defence industry methods to support military autonomous technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wargaming as a narrative space&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethical reasoning about AWS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technological conditions for lawful autonomy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A historiography of network-centric warfare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Imaginary power of AWS in the US Army<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Hunting&#8221; drones in close urban warfare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Future Combat Air System (FCAS) and trustworthy military AI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The book will be published in 2024 with Bristol University Press, edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/thomas-christian-baechle\/\">Thomas Christian B\u00e4chle<\/a> (Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/jascha-bareis\/\">Jascha Bareis<\/a> (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, you can contact the editors via <a href=\"mailto:autonomous-weapons@hiig.de\">autonomous-weapons@hiig.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shariff shariff-align-flex-start shariff-widget-align-flex-start\"><ul class=\"shariff-buttons theme-round orientation-horizontal buttonsize-medium\"><li class=\"shariff-button linkedin shariff-nocustomcolor\" style=\"background-color:#1488bf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hiig.de%2Fen%2Fbook-project-the-realities-of-autonomous-weapons%2F\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\"; 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